Big Sky Conference standings all clogged up.
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A series of "upsets" over the weekend have made the race for the BSC regular season title much closer and put the Griz right back into its peloton. The Griz lost to ISU last Wednesday night, another big road win for the Bengals, and gave up and assumed the Big Sky tournament would be played in Pocatello. Then the Cats decided to mess things up a bit.
Montana State beat ISU Saturday when Akbar Abdul-Ahad missed a three at the buzzer. Normally I wouldn't care at all who did this but I made fun of this guy for talking to the cheerleaders in Missoula before inbounding a pass and he responded by saying he'd knock down a three for me, which he did a couple seconds later. A little after that he turned it over and the Griz knocked down a three and now this. Karma.
More importantly, this game puts the Griz only two games back of the Bengals so if they manage to win in Pocatello, they only need to make up one more game elsewhere.
The Griz also sit only a game and a half of Weber State and Northern Arizona as WSU lost to
This comes with a couple huge games coming up this week: Griz vs NAU and WSU @ ISU.
Related: Around the Big Sky [Vikings Blog]
If the Griz lose to NAU on thursday it's over. How did they get such a rough schedule? seems like it's decisive game after decisive game.
No kidding, Weber, most definitely, lost to Matt Martin, at least according to Weber's coach. Without Martin's brilliance in that game, a win was No WAY.
Fortunately for all us Griz fans, Martin, with his 7 points and 7 assists, was a major factor in the Eastern win also.
Way to go on ball distribution Matt. Keep up that kind of great work, and you will lead your team back to the big dance.